Is mirex still a contaminant of concern for the North American Great Lakes?

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1114-1122

  Gandhi, Nilima ^a,b   Tang, Rex W K ^a   Bhavsar, Satyendra P ^a,b,c   Reiner, Eric J ^c   Morse, Dave ^c   Arhonditsis, George B ^b   Drouillard, Ken ^a   Chen, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumption advisory; Dechlorane; Fish; Great Lakes; Mirex photomirex; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

FISH; IMPURITIES; INSECTICIDES; LAKE POLLUTION;

CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES; DECHLORANE; GREAT LAKES; MIREX/PHOTOMIREX; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

LAKES;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

EID: 84955399087     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2015.09.015     Document Type: Article

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